This is just to let you know that I just passed the MCP exam on Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (Project Server 2003). This was quite a tricky one, since it covers Windows Server, SharePoint, SQL Server, Analysis Services and Project Server itself. It also aligns pretty well with my work at Cisco, since there’s been … Continue reading One more exam / Mais um exame →

I have confirmed the plans to deliver a series of presentations at the Instituto Atlântico in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil on June 22nd. We already decided on the presentation topics and times. Here they are: 08:15 AM - Services-Oriented Architecture (SOA) 09:15 AM - Panel - Opportunities 10:45 AM - Windows Platform Roadmap 01:30 PM - .NET Platform … Continue reading Another event in Fortaleza confirmed / Outro evento confirmado em Fortaleza →

My .NET Presentation (which I mentioned in one the previous post) is now published on the Microsoft Brazil Events site. Thanks to Moacir Casemiro from the CearaDotNet group for all the support organizing this event and to Ricardo Mendes from Microsoft Brazil for the tip on how to use the Microsoft event management system. Please … Continue reading .NET Event in Fortaleza in June / Evento .NET em Fortaleza em Junho →

As I mentioned before, I am working in creating a presentation for developers on .NET. It's so ironic that this happened just weeks after I move my blog from blogs.msdn.com to blogs.technet.com... But I guess I also mentioned that already, huh? Anyway, I just wanted to share some of the progress on that project, in … Continue reading Creating a Presentation / Criando uma Apresentacao →

The Project Data Service (PDS) is an API for Project Server that uses HTTP as a transport and XML as the message format. It was introduced in Project Server 2002 and expanded in the 2003 release. Microsoft recommends that you integrate your application with Project Server using the PDS, as opposed to going straight for … Continue reading Project Data Services →

As I have mentioned before, I have plans to deliver a series of presentations at the Instituto Atlântico in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil in June. If you're not familiar with them, here's the URL:   Como eu já mencionei antes, eu tenho planos de dar uma série de palestras no Instituto Atlântico em Fortaleza, CE, Brasil … Continue reading Selecting topics / Selecionando topicos →

I have been tasked with delivering a presentation designed to explain what is .NET to a group of developers that were never exposed to .NET. This has probably been done by many people before. The challenge is to get the perspective of someone that's in that target audience. Here's my current take on the sequence … Continue reading My .NET Presentation / Minha Palestra sobre .NET →

It's confirmed now. I will be in spending some vacation time in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil from June 16th to June 30th. During my stay there, I will be delivering at least one presentation, organized with the Brain.Net cell. Here are the details: Title: Overview of Microsoft's .NET Technology Description: This presentation will offer an overview of … Continue reading Trip to Brazil, Presentation in Fortaleza / Viagem para o Brasil, Palestra em Fortaleza →

As you probably noticed, this blogs has a new home now. Since my work is mostly related to infrastructure, I decided to side with the blogs.technet.com site, instead of blogs.msdn.com. Just to contradict me, I am now set to do more development-related work for the next few months. Well, anyway, here's the new URL:   … Continue reading New site at blogs.technet.com / Novo site no blogs.technet.com →